Posted onFebruary 22, 2017|Comments Off on Preparation for Capital City Championships Underway!

Tournament preparation for the Capital City Championships on March 18, 2017 is now underway. Karate students who are competing are all invited to training camp every Sunday at 1pm. Also, all Muay Thai students who are competing should attend sparring every Friday at 6pm. BJJ students who are competing will be part of competition training every class. Registration is now open at Arashido.com. All competing students must notify the instructor they plan on competing!

The Honey Badger Kids Camp run by Muay Thai Champ Derek Jolivette started this week and the kids are having a blast! The camp runs from 9:30am -3pm every day. The day starts with some team-building exercises before getting into some hard-core training. Then the kids have some lunch and go outside to the park for outdoor training and activities.

Day 1 the kids played soccer, ran a relay race, basketball and a bit of free time on the park apparatus. On Day 2 the kids had an awesome and very competitive kickball match.

The afternoon usually involves some more training in the dojo before the kids get to close out the day with a Nerf Battle in the Dojo. So far everyone is having a blast and this is the largest Honey Badger Kids Camp to date!

The dojo will be closed next weekend on Sunday July 31 and Monday August 1 for the August long weekend. There will be open mat on Monday from 6pm-8pm. The same goes for the Labour Day weekend on Sunday September 4 and Monday September 5. There will be no open mat on Labour Day weekend.

Summer Grading

Summer Grading for stripes, belts and prajieds will take place Wednesday August 17, Thursday August 18 and Friday August 19 during regular class times. Check at the front desk starting in August to see if you are eligible for grading. A more detailed list will be available soon for students training throughout the summer.

Fall Cleaning

Fall Cleaning will take place on Monday September 5 (Labour Day) from 12pm – 4pm. We will be cleaning the dojo from top to bottom for the fall season. Anyone who would like to volunteer is welcome to join!

Team Paintball and Barbecue

There will be a team paintball and barbecue day on Saturday September 10. instructor Mike Chandra is organizing the event. Anyone who is interested, please put your name on the list at the front desk. You are welcome to participate in either the paintball game, the barbecue or both!

Heritage Days Muay Thai Demo Team

Next weekend is Heritage Days at Hawrelak park. Arashi Do Sherwood Park has a large group of people who are part of the Arashi Do Official Muay Thai Demo Team. They will be performing Muay Thai demos every day of the festival at the Thai Pavilion at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm. If you are planning on going to Heritage Days stop by and say hi!

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Posted onJuly 21, 2016|Comments Off on Heritage Days Demo at the Thai Pavilion

Each year Arashi Do Martial Arts has the honour of demonstrating Muay Thai on behalf of the Alberta Thai Association at the Heritage Days Festival in Hawrelak Park. The 2016 Heritage Days Festival takes place from Saturday July 30 until Monday August 1.

Arashi Do Martial Arts students will be doing demonstrations at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm on the mainstage of the Thai Pavilion located in the north end of the park near the bus drop-off area. The demonstration will include the Wai Kru or Ram Muay dance, sparring, basic and advanced techniques, and a very special appearance from the Tiny Thaiger mascot!

We are looking for a few more advanced students to come out and participate. The practice for the demo is Sunday July 24 at the southside school at 1pm. If you are available please sign up at the front desk for the time slots that work best for you.

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The Honey Badger Kids Camp is a Martial Arts based summer day camp for kids. The kids will train in martial arts two sessions per day under the direct supervision of the WKA World Champion and Certified Muay Thai Instructor Derek Jolivette.

This camp is open to kids ages 7yrs up to 15yrs and includes all kinds of fun group and team-building activities, field trips, top notch training (lunch is not included).

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Arashi Do Sherwood Park’s Muay Thai fight team will be participating in the IKF World Classic in Orlando Florida at the end of July. Matt, Lilian, Cora, Tim and Derek will all be heading down to represent our club and our country at this world level tournament.

The team is training extremely hard 6 days a week. The divisions are posted online and we are excited to see competitors from all over the world meeting in Orlando to compete.

Sensei Ryan has been working with a sports psychologist and the team is implementing new tactics and techniques for training moving into this tournament. The team has been implementing visualization, video analysis, and other sports psychology techniques used by Olympic athletes in the hopes of bringing our team the gold!

If you see the team around the dojo wish them luck as they hit the difficult part of their training camp this upcoming week. Thank you everyone for your support!

We will be having a big PARTY at the dojo this Saturday July 4 starting at 5pm to celebrate Kru Derek’s 30th birthday. It is a potluck dinner/ dance with live music, games and fun for all ages. There is no admission fee to attend this party and everyone is welcome. Come celebrate!

(If you want to help Derek get to Bangkok for the World Championships in August feel free to donate to him at the party or at his website: http://fundachampion.com. He would prefer donations to presents!)

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We will be closed for Canada Day on Wednesday July 1.

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We are pleased to announce a new schedule for the fall starting in September. We will be offering 4 classes per week for the following classes.

Mini Monkeys
Junior BJJ
Adult BJJ
Tiny Thaigers
Junior Muay Thai

You can upgrade to 3 or 4 classes per week starting in September. Also, we will be moving all Saturday classes to Sundays starting in September to avoid consistent conflicts with tournaments and events always occurring on Saturdays. Class times will remain the same.

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Unfortunately we have to re-schedule all kids Muay Thai classes this Saturday June 13 for the Arashi Do Annual Instructors Meeting at Battle Lake. All instructors including junior instructors will be renewing their instructor training.

There will be make-up classes the day after on Sunday June 14 at the same time.

Re-Scheduled Classes for Sunday June 14

Tiny Thaigers 9:30am – 10:00am

Junior Muay 10:00am – 11:00am

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There will be NO OPEN MAT this Saturday June 13

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KRU DEREK’s 30th BIRTHDAY PARTY

There will be a Big Birthday Bash for Kru Derek’s 30th Birthday on Saturday July 4 starting at 5pm at the Dojo. There will be a live band, a potluck dinner, games, dancing and fun. The party is open to everyone of all ages.

Since Kru Derek is turning 30 years old we are suggesting a donation of $30 per family (or whatever you can afford) to send Kru Derek to Bangkok in August for the IFMA World Championships.

Kru Derek’s 30th Birthday Party

Saturday July 4

Potluck Dinner – Live Band – Dancing

All ages family party

Donations encouraged to help Kru Derek get to World Championships in August!

Congratulations to Sensei Liam Dalton who achieved Senior/Adult Black Belt in Karate this past weekend in Red Deer. Sensei Liam has been with Arashi Do training in Karate for almost a decade and showed a very high level of skill, fitness, determination and Relentless Spirit during the very difficult 5 hour examination. Sensei Liam is the first Black Belt in Karate to come out the Sherwood Park Dojo!

No Junior Muay Thai or Tiny Thaigers classes on Saturday April 25 due to the BJJ Symposium. We host this event twice per year and students come from all over Alberta for grading and seminars throughout the weekend. Thank you for your understanding.

Arashi Do Behring BJJ Symposium (GRADING)

The Arashi Do Behring Jiu Jitsu Symposium is coming up Apr 24-26. The Symposium is a very special event that takes place twice per year every April and October where students grade for belts and stripes under our Master instructor Sylvio Behring 7th degree Red and Black Belt from Rio De Janeiro Brazil.All junior and senior students must attend the symposium in order to grade for belts and stripes.

The Mini Monkeys students do not grade at the Symposium but there is a fun class where students can meet Master Behring and learn directly from him on Sunday April 26.

Registration is now open at the front desk for the symposium. Fees must be paid in cash only please.

Arashi Do is proud to announce its second ever Advanced Karate and Muay Thai Symposium on Saturday May 9 at the Red Deer Dojo. There will be amazing seminars and gradings for both advanced Karate students (Blue Belt and above) and Advanced Muay Thai students (Testing for Orange Prajied and above). If you are wondering if you are testing please check at the front desk for a full list of candidates.

Belt fees are payable the day of grading. To confirm if you are testing for a belt please check at the front desk if you are unsure.

Karate Brown Belt Preparation Class

There will be a special Karate Brown Belt prep class for students testing in Red Deer. This prep class will take place during open mat on Saturday May 2 from 11am-1pm. ALL STUDENTS testing for Brown Belt MUST ATTEND. Additional self-guided practice for Karate Brown Belt students is taking place upstairs every Tues & Thurs from 6pm-7pm.

Journey Fight Series Featuring Derek Jolivette and Tim Lo
Sat Apr 18, Century Casino in Calgaryhttp://journeyfightseries.com/(We are looking for a company sponsor to buy a table for $1000 that seats 8 people and has the company logo advertised on the tv screens and the company recognized by the announcer at the show)

BJJ Belt Grading and Symposium for all students
with our head instructor Master Sylvio Behring from Rio De Janeiro
Apr – 24-26, Sherwood Park Dojohttp://arashidobjj.com